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‘Son of Augustine’ makes pilgrimage in the saint’s footsteps
Pope Leo XIV offered Mass yesterday at the basilica near the site where St Augustine died nearly 1600 years ago, making a deeply personal pilgrimage in the saint’s footsteps in Algeria. Source: OSV News.
Algeria’s Christian martyrs honoured on papal trip
Pope Leo XIV honoured the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs last night, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains “a living seed that never ceases to bear fruit”. Source: OSV News.
Pope embarks on 10-day visit to Africa
Pope Leo XIV will today set out on a 10-day visit to Africa — his first as pope to this continent – visiting Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. Source: America Magazine.
Algeria’s Christian community prepares to welcome Pope Leo
On Algeria’s sparkling Mediterranean coast, the city of Annaba is teeming with excitement as the one-time home of Saint Augustine readies for the country’s first visit by a Catholic pontiff. Source: The Australian.
Pope tells Monaco’s rich and famous to remember the poor
In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its centre”. Source: OSV News.
Pope to make 10-day Apostolic Journey to Africa
Pope Leo XIV will make a 10-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and two others in Europe, the Holy See Press Office announced yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
Pope will be on the move in 2026
Pope Leo XIV will visit ground zero of Europe’s migration drama, the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, and also minister to Italians poisoned by years of toxic dumping by the mafia, according to travel plans announced on Thursday by the Vatican. Source: Crux.
Pope gets invitation to visit Peru
Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his second homeland on Saturday, as 2026 is shaping up to be an important year for the Pontiff’s travel with trips under study for Africa and South America. Source: Crux.
Pope to travel to Angola in 2026, nuncio says
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Angola in 2026, the Vatican’s ambassador to the southern African nation said, adding yet another destination to the still-emerging slate of papal travel plans for the year. Source: NCR Online.